Chapter 398: Consummation (Final Chapter)
It's finally over!!!
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The sound of the beating passed through the hall, and the sky was still a little gray, and there was no trace of light.
The breeze is gentle, carrying the fragrance of the hibiscus flowers in the courtyard.
Lin Ruoyan sat in front of the dresser near the window, staring at the jade-white hibiscus flower, motionless.
Today is her wedding day, and there is still her big red wedding dress on the left side.
It was sewn by her half a year in advance, for which she has always followed her mother to study carefully for a year, and her ten fingers have been pierced countless times by small embroidery needles.
I cried several times and wanted to give up, but I finally persevered.
Just because, she was scared.
The old people often say that happiness is to be grasped by themselves, and the same is true for happy clothes, how can you pretend to be in the hands of others?
But the girls of the general big families only symbolically sew a few stitches or embroider a pattern, only her, this stitch and thread are completed by her own hands, and the condensation is full of her love.
So she'll be happy, right?
But why are you still afraid, why do you still feel so unreal when it's happiness at your fingertips?
The young man of Zhilan Yushu, the bright moon she has looked up to since she was a child, today, she is going to marry him.
recalled the bits and pieces of the two getting along, from Shengjing to Yanling, from he just treated her as a burden that had to be taken care of, to when he was moved by her and even ate for her, everything was like a dream.
She is just an arrogant and arrogant lady, and now her family is ruined, even if she has paid so much for him, she still feels unworthy of him.
She didn't deserve him.
But why did he marry her?
Isn't it a last resort? It's like I had to take her to Lin'an at the beginning.
When Lin Zhaoyan pushed the door and entered the house, he saw Lin Ruoyan sitting motionless by the windowsill wearing only a single dress.
The breeze blew her hair away, the sky was already bright, and the morning sun shone through the clouds and haze on the earth. Light refracted to her face, making her look a little vulnerable to the touch.
What's going on? On this happy day, I thought she would be so excited that she couldn't wait to marry Chengguo Mansion immediately!
"Since it's already up, why don't you let the maid dress up for you?" Lin Zhaoyan walked towards her, but immediately paused in the next second.
Because she saw her turn around, her fair face was stained with tears, and she said, "Sister, I'm so scared." ”
Lin Zhaoyan's heart jumped, and he hurriedly stepped forward to ask, "What's wrong?" What's wrong? ”
Lin Ruoyan shook her head and threw herself into her arms crying. Choked up: "I'm just scared, I don't want to get married." ”
Lin Zhaoyan knew that she was talking angrily, so she had to pat her back and persuade her softly, and it took a long time for her to stop her tears, and asked her why but she refused to say, just because she was afraid that she would be wronged if she married in the past, so she said: "Don't worry, I am here to support you today, you don't have to be afraid." Rest assured and boldly marry in the past, is it possible that you are the sister of the mother of Dayan, and you are afraid that he will not become a princess? Then the Qin family, I will also settle it for you. ”
Lin Zhaoyan rarely said such untouchable words. But now, in order to comfort Lin Ruoyan, there is no other way.
Lin Ruoyan knew, and laughed with a "flutter", and said sarcastically: "Don't come." You're obviously more afraid of the Qin clan than I am. ”
I'm talking about when I was a kid.
Whenever the Qin family came to Jian'an Hou's Mansion, she always looked at no one in her eyes, and she was just too lazy to deal with this kind of person to hide.
However, Lin Zhaoyan didn't explain, only pinched her nose and said, "This time is different from the past." How could I still be afraid of her? ”
Now, she is no longer the unloved Miss Yan in the third room of the Jian'an Hou Mansion, she is the concubine of the Liu Mansion in Yanling, and the queen of the Great Yan Kingdom.
Lin Ruoyan teased and dodged her hand, and the atmosphere finally improved.
Lin Zhaoyan called the maid to come in and wipe her face clean, and seeing that the hour was almost up, he ordered them to start dressing up.
Lin Ruoyan didn't argue anymore and refused to marry, but obediently let the maids toss on her face, but Lin Zhaoyan clearly saw her hands trembling slightly in her sleeves.
She couldn't help sighing, this girl has always looked like an invincible person, even in the face of her father's reprimand and board, her face did not change, and she was so stubborn that people hated itchy, but now she was afraid of being like this, and even wanted to escape.
This Lu Yan is really harmful.
The authorities are fascinated, although she can see Lu Yanzhi's sincerity towards Lin Ruoyan now, but Lin Ruoyan may not know that she is very arrogant, and Lu Yanyi is introverted, I am afraid that any feelings are also suffocated in my heart, which has caused a lot of misunderstandings!
When Lin Zhaoyan wanted to find a chance to talk to Lu Yanzhi, Liu also brought Quanfu and his mother to comb his hair.
The mother and daughter naturally parted again, in order to prevent Lin Ruoyan from putting on makeup and crying, Lin Zhaoyan persuaded them in time.
Crackling firecrackers suddenly sounded outside, and the joy was blown in time.
Liu was overjoyed, and the maid shouted excitedly outside, "Uncle is here to greet him!" ”
Liu smiled and took the red hijab with the flowers blooming, "Quickly cover it, and let Brother Xin carry you out in a while." ”
Lin Ruoyan's body trembled, and the hand that took the red hijab trembled violently.
Lin Zhaoyan sighed, stepped forward to take the red hijab, and said softly: "If you don't have to be afraid, it's okay, my sister will protect you." ”
Lin Ruoyan raised her head to look at her.
At this time, the sky was already transparent, and the early morning light was all sprinkled on her face, her skin was like congealed cream, and her autumn eyes were full of tears, like a good ink jade washed with water.
Lin Zhaoyan covered her head and covered her blooming brilliance.
Her beauty must be saved until the wedding night for her husband to discover.
The Marquis of Jian'an's Mansion had already fallen after experiencing the turmoil in Shengjing, so the emperor did not rush to kill them all, pursued it with several little women, and even returned the house to them after finding out that the internal strife in the palace had nothing to do with Sanfang.
Lin Zhaoyan knew that Xiao Qi was for her.
It's just that now this big house is terrifyingly deserted, how can it be one-tenth of the excitement of the past?
But no one cares, the brocade clothes, jade food, glory and wealth are just things outside the body, the most important thing is that people live comfortably, these three rooms are up and down, who can say that they are not living well?
As for the future of Jian'an Hou Mansion, it has to rely on Brother Xin to go step by step.
There is no lively crowd. Lu Yanzhi soon "entered the house" and was surrounded by the crowd, and Lin Ruoyan, who was obviously still afraid, picked up the sedan chair.
Lin Zhaoyan and Liu and other female dependents also went out with them.
Lin Zhaoyan did not publicize her departure from the palace this time, nor did she put on any big pomp, firstly, she was used to being low-key, and secondly, she was just to support Lin Ruoyan in front of the ladies of the Chengguo Mansion, and she didn't want to make all the people who came to the wedding obey her.
When she saw the Qin family again, she still looked high, although she was quite respectful and polite to her on her face, but it was still difficult to hide the contempt in her expression.
is also, in addition to disliking that she is a concubine. Probably because she looks like the girl she once despised the most!
Everyone thought that she just looked similar to Lin Zhaoyan's cousin, and it was even rumored that the emperor would marry her because of the dead Miss Lin Si.
I don't know......
Lin Zhaoyan suddenly wanted to see their reaction after knowing the truth.
Because she is the queen, the banquet has always been harmonious, except for some pretentious and noble ladies who refuse to talk to her more according to the superficial politeness, the others have been stammering.
Lin Zhaoyan talked nonsense about his friendship with Lin Ruoyan when he was a child, and said that his relationship with her was closer than his own sister, and the lady in the banquet really echoed her words, and praised Lin Ruoyan fiercely, and even the Qin family glanced at her several times.
Anyone can hear it. The purpose of the queen's visit today is to support Lin Ruoyan.
No matter how disdainful the Qin clan is, they must also weigh the weight of their confrontation with the royal family.
The bridegroom came to the banquet to toast, and the people stood up to congratulate him. Lin Zhaoyan also said a few words, and Lu Yanzhi smiled at her calmly and whispered softly, "Thank you." ”
Time can really calm everything. Whether it's hurt or bitter love.
But...... Lin Zhaoyan looked at Lu Yanzhi, there were other problems between them.
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When Lu Yanzhi was a little drunk and was helped into the new house by the maid, his bride was sitting on the new bed motionless.
The corners of his mouth unconsciously smiled. A little spoiled, a little distressed.
"Let's all get out!"
Qingyue's voice sounded from inside the room, and the bride sitting upright was obviously at a loss, but because she was covered with a hijab, she couldn't see the look on her face.
Lu Yanzhi walked towards her step by step.
Every time I take a closer step, I seem to feel the fear emanating from the bride's bones.
"What a silly girl." Lu Yanzhi sighed, and gently picked up the big red hijab with his hand.
The dazzling beauty of the bride is all in sight.
Lin Ruoyan is already beautiful, but because her temperament is too domineering, people often ignore her facial features, at this moment, because of fear, she covered up her arrogance, lowered her eyes, and sat there timidly, the fiery red wedding dress covered her beautiful figure, only revealing a neck as white as a lotus root, and the candlelight was swaying, just like a pearl.
Lu Yanzhi thought that he probably drank too much bar, otherwise how could the heat be surging, and he wanted to collapse her on the bed!
He forcibly suppressed the impulse in his body to shout, took the cup of wine placed on the table, pinched one in one hand, and handed it to Lin Ruoyan with the other, "Hejiu." ”
Lin Ruoyan stretched out his wrist like a snow, stood up cautiously, and secretly glanced at Lu Yan, and in an instant, his heart beat like a drum.
How could he be so good-looking! A person in Zhilan Yushu was wearing a bright red brocade robe, with red hair and red satin, and his eyebrows were picturesque.
I felt inferior in my heart, and felt that I was really not worthy of him.
In a trance, she drank the wine, but she didn't know that she looked like this, wanting to refuse and welcome, and her eyelashes trembled like feathers to scratch the little reason that Lu Yan had left.
He suddenly reached out and hugged her, wrapped his arms around her soft waist, and looked at her with heavy eyes.
Lin Ruoyan was startled and stared at him with wide eyes.
I really drank too much!
Lu Yanzhi thought so, and then suddenly dropped a kiss on her cheek, and whispered, "Ruoyan, you are so beautiful." ”
The hot air between his breaths was all sprayed between her necks, and Lin Ruoyan's face suddenly turned red to the base of her neck, and she subconsciously wanted to dodge.
But who knows, in the next second, she was picked up by Lu Yanzhi and fell on the bed.
The hem of the big red wedding dress bloomed like a flower, spread on the bed layer by layer, and Lin Ruoyan's small and delicate body was wrapped in it, like a flower bone that had not yet budded.
She's done. But Lu Yanzhi still felt guilty.
This woman, who has been regarded as a sister since childhood, he actually married her and is about to get her.
However, it seems to be as good as it gets.
"Words, words......" Lin Ruoyan was frightened, and spoke intermittently, not knowing what he was going to do next.
Lu Yanzhi looked down at her, and the candlelight was reflected in his jade-like eyes, showing all the brilliance, as if he was about to drown someone.
"Ruoyan. What are you afraid of? It's not that I'm not good enough. His soft, soothing voice rang softly in his ears.
Lin Ruoyan was indulged in beauty and couldn't extricate herself, and subconsciously shook her head, "I'm just afraid, I'm not good enough, I'm not worthy of ......"
Her unfinished words disappeared into Lu Yanzhi's stormy kiss, and it wasn't until they were both out of breath that Lu Yanzhi let go of her and spoke in a hoarse voice, "What else do you want me to understand?" ”
"In this world. Maybe there are many women who are better than you, but in my Lu Yanzhi's mind, you are the only one who can be worthy of me. It's just you, Lin Ruoyan. ”
Lin Ruoyan's cheeks were red, and before he could come back to his senses from the stormy kiss, he was stunned when he heard Lu Yanzhi say this.
Lu Yanzhi smiled bitterly. "Maybe I'm really not good enough to make you so distressed."
He reached out and gently rubbed her delicate cheek, whispering. "Not in the future, Ruoyan, I love you."
Lin Ruoyan blinked her eyes, and after a while, tears slipped out, she suddenly stretched out her hand and hugged Lu Yanzhi tightly, choked up: "I love you too, in other words, I love you too, I love you very much." ”
She was originally a true confession under excitement, but she didn't know that she had destroyed what little reason Lu Yanzhi had left.
When the big red wedding dress was ruthlessly peeled off, and when she wanted to cry and bear a ** "punishment" without tears, Lin Ruoyan still didn't understand which sentence and word she offended the groom who was still as affectionate as the sea in the last second.
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Five months later, Songshan Annex.
Lin Zhaoyan was standing under the promenade, watching the snow fall outside.
The flowers and plants in the yard were all covered in snow and covered in snow.
"The heavy snow here is different from that in Shengjing City, right?" There was a sudden warmth behind him, accompanied by a clear female voice.
Lin Zhaoyan looked back, it was Zhou Jingyu.
She smiled and wrapped the white fox cloak she had just put on, and said, "It's a little different, the snow here, like the catkins in the south of the Yangtze River and the snow in Shengjing, is colder." ”
Zhou Jingyu smiled, her eyes fell on her slightly bulging lower abdomen, "Want to go to Jiangnan?" This is not good, your mother sent a letter saying that she will come next month, and you can't go anywhere until your child is safely landed or even able to walk, otherwise, even Xiao Ming will not let me go. As he spoke, he muttered in a low voice, "I don't know if I will be so concerned about my children in the future." ”
Lin Zhaoyan smiled, Xiao Ming was indeed more concerned about the child in her belly than she and Xiao Qi, who were fathers and mothers.
Three months ago, Xiao Qi supported Rui'er on the throne, and the court was in an uproar, but Rui'er was the son of the first emperor, and the name was justified, and after the uproar, the whole country was full of admiration, and the ministers wrote to set up Xiao Qi as the regent to help the new emperor deal with the government, and his words reached an unprecedented unity.
Since Xiao Qi became the emperor, although he is good at winning people's hearts, some conservative ministers are always unconvinced, thinking that his name is not right, and they will give him some trouble from time to time.
Xiao Qi did not shirk it, after all, the country is not easy to defend, and the country he has earned so hard does not dare to completely let go of Rui'er, the yellow-haired boy who has not grown all his hair.
However, before that, he said that he wanted to travel the mountains and rivers with his wife, firstly, to show that he was not greedy for power, and secondly, to let those old ministers who had troubled him know his importance.
After Xiao Qi arranged everything in the court, he took her from Shengjing, originally saying that she was going to the land south of the Yangtze River to spend the winter, but who knew that she was not feeling well halfway, and asked a doctor, but it was found that she had been pregnant for nearly three months, and it was not suitable to travel long distances.
Xiao Qi was afraid that she would have an accident, and because they were close to Songshan, he came to take refuge with Xiao Ming and his wife, intending to let them take care of them temporarily.
Xiao Ming was a little unbelievable and even repulsive when he first saw them, but then he didn't know what Xiao Qi talked to Xiao Ming, in short, he saw that he couldn't find the north excitedly, and all day long, in addition to laughing, he saw people shouting, "I'm going to be an uncle, I'm going to be an uncle." ”
Now, a hundred miles away, who doesn't know that he Xiao Ming has a sister-in-law who is pregnant.
Every time Lin Zhaoyan thought of this, he felt extremely embarrassed.
But......
She gently stroked her lower abdomen, really, very happy!
"What are you laughing at?" The body was suddenly hugged by someone, and Lin Zhaoyan realized that he had laughed unconsciously, and his eyebrows and eyes were full of joy.
She shrunk her body into the arms of the person who came and went, and smiled, "I'm laughing at you for being too nervous, is this kind of trivial matter worth sending a letter to your mother to come in person, I heard that Ruoyan is also two months pregnant." ”
The person who came was not convinced, and rubbed his chin on the top of her head, "How can this be a trivial matter!" My child is naturally more noble, and besides, is there no one in the Chengguo Mansion? Still need your mother to take care of you? ”
Lin Zhaoyan laughed even harder, in fact, she knew that he was worried that she would be afraid, and it was always better to have her mother by her side.
"Xiao Qi, when the child is born, I'm afraid you won't have time to travel with me to the mountains and rivers." Sheng Jing always has to go back, Rui'er can't cope with it alone, and with a child, it will be even more difficult for them to live in a two-person world between their husband and wife.
If you know earlier, you should have children later.
Xiao Qi pinched her nose, "There will always be time, when the child grows up, when Rui'er can be on her own, Zhaoyan, we still have a lifetime." ”
Lin Zhaoyan looked at him sideways, his eyes full of affection.
"You're right, we have a lifetime left." She laughed, like a flower, like a blooming plum in the snow.
In fact, what does it matter where it is, Shengjing, Yanling, Songshan, ten miles of Pingwu, countless twilight mountains, Xiao Qi, as long as I can be with you, the ends of the world, everywhere is splendid.
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It's finally over!!! Sprinkle flowers!!!!!!
There are a few chapters in the back, about the second prince and other supporting characters, you can watch it at will!! (To be continued......)